New reports claim Bret ended Miley’s 17-year marriage! Will YOU think less of him if it turns out to be true?

Bret Michaels has found himself in the center of a huge love triangle! The Poison frontman, and Celebrity Apprentice, winner is reported to be the cause of Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus’ divorce! Us Weekly is reporting that after Bret recorded a duet with Miley titled “Nothing to Lose,” he began a romance with Tish. America has been behind Bret ever since he suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage in April, but a Hollywood image expert tells HollywoodLife.com this new revelation could send Bret’s career “down the tubes.”

“First of all, his image was squeaky clean and we all felt sorry for him,” says Hollywood image consultant Michael Sands. “If he sabotaged his own career, his image will go down the drain. People will not respect him and no longer be interested in him. No one likes someone who outwardly breaks up a marriage.”

Ironically, Bret is in the middle of filming his VH1 reality show Life As I Know It, which centers around his two daughters Raine, 10, and Jorja, 5, and their mother and longtime girlfriend, Kristi.

“His career will be affected because it’s a relationship with a married woman,” Michael says. “People will think he’s the lowest person on earth to be involved with a person who was married. People may watch the show to see how he is going to break up but his ratings will hit rock bottom. I don’t think people will really pay attention to him now. They will have much more respect for Kristi and they will be very sympathetic towards her.”